My front lip seems to be falling off, I pushed the rubber back in place but whatever clips or screws were holding it in are gone now. What kind of clips.screws are used to hold in the lip?

Also, on the top of my headlights where the headlight is flush with the hood, I have scratches from what appear to be rock chips? I don't know if this is common or what but the V's I looked at has similar damage on the headlights. Any idea how to get the scratches out?

carlson_mn

10-09-12, 12:35 AM

Mine and the others I have seen also have the damage on top of the headlights, but I think it is sun damage that gives them that "worn leather" look.

xxxcrown

10-09-12, 12:47 AM

I am taking about scratches on the top lens area.

carlson_mn

10-09-12, 12:55 AM

yeah that is also what I meant. Every V1 I have seen has looked the same, always real beat up and spider web looking on the very top where it really catches the sunlight, looks like the top layer of plastic starts to have micro cracks and splinters all over.

Teamsorad

10-09-12, 06:27 AM

they have a wet sand kit for the headlights. mine were really faded on the top, almost a foggy look. I had a friend do it for me, I can get the info if you like. Don't have a before pic but can post the after if that would help

you can post a pic of your headlights take make sure we are talking about the same thing

xxxcrown

10-09-12, 10:30 AM

they have a wet sand kit for the headlights. mine were really faded on the top, almost a foggy look. I had a friend do it for me, I can get the info if you like. Don't have a before pic but can post the after if that would help

you can post a pic of your headlights take make sure we are talking about the same thing

Mine looks more like what carlson was talking about, like if the plastic is splintered on top. The only thing I could think of is that the slightest contact with pebbles and rocks cause it to get scratched.

vettepoweraddict

10-09-12, 01:10 PM

Trust me, its ultravoilet sun damage. The plastic along the gray edging on the top and sides starts to "crack" First you will have a couple then it will turn into dozens. I was going to paint my lenses to cover up the cracks but a thread on this site showed the 3M headlight resoration kit. It a sanding pad that fits on your drill and wetsand and polishes the lenses. Works perfect. I did mine and they now look new. BTW the gray is on the inside of the lenses. Also I highly recomend taping the painted fender edges off will mutiple layes of painter tape so as not to sand any painted surface.

It took me about 2 hours start to finish highly recomend

The bottom rubber "LIP" on the bottom of the bumper is held on with those plastic push rivets. They are a little bigger than the ones along the inner fender well to fender infront of the wheels

kerberos

10-09-12, 09:09 PM

You can get the bumper rivets at any auto parts store. $3-4 a package for 4-6 rivets. The lip uses longer and more slender pins than the fender trim and bumper pins.

Like everyone else said, try wet sanding the headlights. I just spent some time with mine and it was worth it. You have to put some time into it, buts its worth it. Spend extra time on the buffing, it helps. I didn't like the polish that came in the headlight kits, was made for plastic, but didn's seem to do a good job on the clear and shine. I used a combination of the plastic wax and deep crystal wax. I was surprised by the outcome. Ended up doing my wives car and my truck too. Can't wait to do the tails on those two.

odla

10-18-12, 12:55 AM

for the lights i used mothers headlight restoration kit. They were pretty bad the first time. Now i do a full sand and wax once a year. Ill post pics when i get the picture off my phone.

thefulmonty_07

10-19-12, 06:40 AM

Yea just pull a few out and take it with you to Lowes or Home Depot they'll have them there.

odla

10-19-12, 10:11 AM

Here are some pics.

6 SPEED Z

10-19-12, 01:59 PM

I took it one further and covered the headlights with a 3m "clear bra" designed for the headlights and use a low dollar vinyl black overlay made out of a roll of vinyl striping from Pep Boys for the top of the headlight.

stepchild21

10-19-12, 06:14 PM

Those headlights turned out great. Huge difference

JD03Cobra

10-22-12, 04:11 PM

I used the Mothers kit and couldn't get the headlights to buff out real clear. Seem to show some swirls and I was buffing like a mofo with the drill....kinda sucked.

6 SPEED Z

10-22-12, 04:39 PM

I used the Mothers kit and couldn't get the headlights to buff out real clear. Seem to show some swirls and I was buffing like a mofo with the drill....kinda sucked.

I broke out the "heavy artillery" and used the full size paint buffer with a hard cut pad and the 3m buffing compound, came out great.

9t8z28

10-23-12, 06:03 PM

What did you use with the heavy cut pad and do you mean a wool pad?
I broke out the "heavy artillery" and used the full size paint buffer with a hard cut pad and the 3m buffing compound, came out great.

6 SPEED Z

10-25-12, 11:32 PM

What did you use with the heavy cut pad and do you mean a wool pad?

Yea the carpet pile looking pad, and I have a bottle of the 3M buffing compound like what comes in the kit, then went with a fine cut pad and a cleaner wax, then clear film.

sgtdestruction

10-27-12, 05:47 PM

I stopped by Auto Zone and purchased a good amount of sand paper ranging from 500 grit to 3000 grit. I started with the 500, making sure to wet sand the entire lens evenly. From there, I moved to 800 grit, then 1000, then 1500, then 2000 then 3000. After the 3000, I still had a small amount of haze on the lens, so I purchased the Mothers headlight buffing kit (http://www.mothers.com/02_products/07250.html) and with a bit of their compound paste the lights came out great. I will eventually re-do them as I did rush a bit and missed some of the corner areas, but they look so much better than before.